Harper Creek had a big second half and pulled away from Pennfield to get a win in this city rivalry in girls basketball on Friday.

Harper Creek rolled to a 58-39 win over Pennfield in Interstate 8 Conference play as the Beavers improved to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the league.

The Beavers had a small lead of 26-20 at halftime, but outscored the Panthers, 32-19, after intermission.

"We knew it was going to be a crucial game for us because Pennfield is a good team in the league and you want to play well at home in your league," Harper Creek coach Terri Tchorzynski said. "We knew they would play good defense, so we needed to take care of the ball and do what we needed to do on offense to get the job done."

(AT) GULL LAKE 65, B.C. CENTRAL 32: Eleven of Gull Lake's 12 players scored in the victory over the Bearcats, led by Gracy Clancy with 14 points, and Jessica Wakley and Braedan Snow with nine points each. Gull Lake improves to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in the SMAC East. For the Bearcats (1-7) in the loss, Tamera Gills scored 12 points and had three assists, and Jamesha Smith recorded eight blocks, six rebounds, and scored four points.

(AT) BELLEVUE 42, ST. PHILIP 33: Bailey Whitcomb finished with 14 points, nine rebounds, five steals and three assists in leading Bellevue to the SCAA victory. Also for the Broncos (7-1), Kilee Hettich had 14 points and four rebounds and Samantha Maduri had four assists.Nina Winkler had 10 points, three steals and four assists in the loss for St. Philip (5-3), while Kirstin Finnilla had six points and five rebounds; Megan Gordon and Taylor Pessetti had six points apiece and Maya Segovia pulled down eight rebounds.

MARSHALL 56, (at) LUMEN CHRISTI 24: In this Interstate Eight matchup, Nikki Tucker led the Redhawks in scoring with 14 points, and also recorded four steals. Natalie Tucker scored eight points to go with three assists for Marshall (7-1, 3-0 I-8), and Jill Konkle and Georgianna Pratley had six points apiece. Konkle also gathered six boards.

(AT) JACKSON NORTHWEST 65, COLDWATER 39: The Cardinals couldn't fight back after being outscored 21-3 in the first quarter in Friday's league game. For Coldwater (4-3, 1-2 I-8), Malorie Rzepka led the way with 14 points, followed by Kendall Galloway with nine points and Tyler Scheid with eight points.

HOMER 58, (at) JONESVILLE 54: The Trojans were led to victory by Jillian Sitkiewicz with 17 points and 11 rebounds, Courtney Willson with 16 points and nine boards, Breanna McCone with 12 points, and Brianna Mohn with 11 points and nine rebounds.

CLIMAX-SCOTTS 74, (at) TEKONSHA 21: All 13 Climax-Scotts players scored during Friday night's SCAA contest. McKenzie Hennessy led the Panthers with 12 points, followed by Taylor Macomber with 11, and Lexa Rivera with 10. For Tekonsha in the loss, Jordynn Lloyd netted 14 points, while Alexis Newbold contributed four points, eight rebounds, and four assists, and Elizabeth Schreur had three points and grabbed nine boards.

(AT) ATHENS 38, SPRINGPORT 37: The Indians fell behind by seven in the fourth quarter, but took a one-point lead with several minutes remaining and were able to hold on for the narrow victory. For Athens (6-1, 3-0 Big Eight), Noelle Fuller filled up the stat sheet with 10 points, 11 rebounds, six rebounds, and three assists. Jillayne Wheeler also contributed 11 points and three assists, and Rachael Beal had seven points and eight boards.

OLIVET 47, (at) LESLIE 21: In this GLAC contest, Teona Feldpausch led Olivet with 13 points, while Logan Kyre had a solid game with 10 points, seven rebounds, and six steals. Also for the Eagles (5-3, 3-1 GLAC) in the road victory, Hailey Jungel had nine points and nine rebounds, and Noelle Rohde added six points and 10 boards.

READING 50, (at) QUINCY 35: The Orioles were led by Katie Spalding, who scored 10 points, snagged 14 rebounds, and recorded six steals in the the game. Also contributing for Quincy (0-7, 0-3 Big Eight) was Payton Hines with 10 points and four rebounds.

CONCORD 74, UNION CITY 43: Rachel Wing had 13 points and eight rebounds in the losing effort for Union City. Also for the Chargers, Ali Adams had nine points and seven rebounds while Paige Kline had five rebounds and three blocked shots.